Destination Imagination

Outline

WHO?
DI is open to all students ranging from kindergarten to university level steudents worldwide. Students form teams of up to 7 members, who select their preferred Challenge and work together to develop a solution to the Challenge. Each team has at least one Team Manager (often a parent or teacher) who helps keep the team on track, but does not assist or interfere with the team’s project.

WHY?
The exponential growth in new technologies and our 21st century global economy is overtaking K-12 education, hence students and teachers need opportunities to bridge this widening gap. Through the Destination Imagination Program. Here students learn to think on a higher level, broaden their creative and critical minds, enhance their curiosity, build on their unique strengths, and develop essential skills needed for the 21st century work enviorment.

WHAT?
Our 21st century learning programming is cross-curricular and complements K-12 education by fostering curiosity, courage and creativity. Our open-ended academic Challenges stimulate curiosity in children to develop ways in which they can improve the world around them. Courage on the other hand is developed when they hone their unique strengths and abilities and use them to step outside their comfort zone with the aim of collaborating with other, pursuing and presenting their ideas in a clear and well thought out manner. Ultimately creativity is enhanced when an idea is carried through to completion.

HOW?
Annually, we provide seven fun and engaging open-ended Challenges in science, technology, engineering, visual and performing arts, improvisation, service learning and early learning. Each of these Challenges are designed to enable students to apply their knowledge towards creating new solutions.

WHEN?
During the school year, our participants select one of seven Challenges to solve. At academic competitions, solutions are presented to qualified Appraisers. Participants with the highest scoring Challenge solution progress from regional competitions to state or national level competition to the Global Finals. With more than 17,000 attendees, Global Finals is the world’s largest celebration of creativity.